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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco dAnconia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Thriller by Michael Jackson blaring out of the sound system. dAnconia has chosen Revolution as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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192 cm
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265 lbs
16 - 14 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Wayne Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Francisco dAnconia!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
dAnconia moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
dAnconia moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and dAnconia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
dAnconia connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie drives through with a takedown into dAnconia's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
dAnconia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dAnconia is keeping the position for now.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dAnconia keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
dAnconia wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dAnconia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
dAnconia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from dAnconia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
dAnconia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gracie desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gracie moves into full guard.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
dAnconia works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control here.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of dAnconia's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take dAnconia's back!
dAnconia tries to break free.
Gracie punches dAnconia on the ear.
Gracie is controlling the position but dAnconia somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
We've been hearing that Gracie has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! dAnconia is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Wayne Gracie!
John Wayne Gracie thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Francisco dAnconia was interviewed post fight and said 'Who is John Galt?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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